Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, May 13
College Park, MD
7:30 PM
Army West Point
at
No. 4 seed Maryland (First Round)
Men's Lacrosse Set for NCAA Tournament First Round
May 10, 2023 | Men's Lacrosse
WEST POINT, NY – The Army West Point men's lacrosse team will head down to Maryland to take on the No. 4 seed Terrapins in the first round of the NCAA tournament on Saturday, May 13 at 7:30 p.m. at SECU Stadium.
This is the Black Knights 18th trip to the NCAA tournament which is 13th most all time. The Last appearance came in 2019 with the last win coming in 2010 when Army beat No. 2 seed Syracuse.
ESPNU | LIVE STATS
LAST TIME OUT
Army won the Patriot League Championship for the third time in program history with a 10-8 win over No. 5 seed Loyola. The Black Knights had a balanced scoring attack with six players scoring at least one goal. Four of those players had two goals.
ARMY QUICK HITS
Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year - Knox Dent
Patriot League Rookie of the Year - Evan Plunkett
Patriot League Coach of the Year - Joe Alberici
First Team All-Patriot League
Reese Burek (attack)
Jacob Morin (midfield)
Evan Plunkett (midfield)
AJ Pilate (defense)
Knox Dent (goalkeeper)
Second Team All-Patriot League
Will Coletti (faceoff)
Christian Fournier (defense)
This is the Black Knights 18th trip to the NCAA tournament which is 13th most all time. The Last appearance came in 2019 with the last win coming in 2010 when Army beat No. 2 seed Syracuse.
ESPNU | LIVE STATS
LAST TIME OUT
Army won the Patriot League Championship for the third time in program history with a 10-8 win over No. 5 seed Loyola. The Black Knights had a balanced scoring attack with six players scoring at least one goal. Four of those players had two goals.
ARMY QUICK HITS
- Senior goalie Knox Dent has put opposing offenses in lockdown all season long. He ranks second in the nation in goals against average (9.02) and 10th in save percentage (.542). He won Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year and was incredible in the conference tournament making 28 saves across the two games.
- The Black Knights won four of the six major Patriot League awards and placed seven on the two all-conference teams.
Patriot League Goalkeeper of the Year - Knox Dent
Patriot League Rookie of the Year - Evan Plunkett
Patriot League Coach of the Year - Joe Alberici
First Team All-Patriot League
Reese Burek (attack)
Jacob Morin (midfield)
Evan Plunkett (midfield)
AJ Pilate (defense)
Knox Dent (goalkeeper)
Second Team All-Patriot League
Will Coletti (faceoff)
Christian Fournier (defense)
- Sophomore Will Coletti has been unstoppable at the x this season. His faceoff win percentage of .623 is the eighth best in the nation. His 418 career faceoff wins is already sixth most in program history. Coletti has shattered the previous single season ground balls record. His 145 ground balls this season bring his career total to 248 which is fifth most in program history. His 8 GB per game is on pace to blow the current career record out of the water with second best being 5.57 GB per game.
- Army has had 21 different goal scorers this year and six players score double-digit goals.
- The Terps come into the game following a loss to Michigan in the Big Ten title game
- This is Maryland's 45th appearance in the NCAA Tournament and the 20th consecutive appearance.
- Maryland ranks top-10 in the nation in faceoff win percentage.
- Faceoff man Luke Wierman is second in the Big Ten winning .614 of his faceoffs
- Maryland has won 22 of its last 25 home games
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